BBC show threw away £4,000 of top restaurant food

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Thousands of pounds of Michelin-star standard food was thrown away during a
BBC cooking documentary after homelessness charities rejected it because of
health and safety restrictions.

Sources at the Manchester kitchen, whose menu includes squab pigeon with
cherries, pistachio and violet mustard and a £70 Cumbrian veal cutlet, said
that the head chef tried to offer food to charities but was turned down as
the kitchen had not been vetted.

The top chefs Aiden Byrne and Simon Rogan were filmed for Restaurant Wars:
the Battle for Manchester as they competed to open a fine-dining
restaurant in a city that last

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James Martin, the star of Saturday Kitchen, said he was horrified at the waste

May 20 2014 Rex Features

James Martin, the star of Saturday Kitchen, said he was horrified at the waste